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Leon Sloan, of Leon’s Greenhouse, in Kingston, recently paid a visit to the Fran Drummond Day Care Center in Madill to educate the children about the importance of gardening. Sloan donated tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, peppers, onions, dirt, fertilizer, and irrigation systems to help start the Center’s own garden.

If you are like me you prefer reading a book over seeing a movie based on a book. In some cases the movie barely represents the book at all except, perhaps, by it’s title. Recently I read “The Wizard of Oz.” I bet I watched the movie Wizard of Oz every year of my life as a child growing up, yet had never read the book. I was amazed at the difference in the story told in the beloved movie I grew up with and the story told in this classic children’s book.

The Kingston Yard of the Month Committee recently selected Soni Henson’s yard as the April “Yard of the Month.” Each “Yard of the Month” is selected by the committee based on the yard alone – not the home.

The Baptist Home for Girls (BHG) will be host to its Annual Raymond Gary Fish Fry in Madill on Saturday, April 21, starting at noon.

“Please, join us for food, fun, and fellowship at our Annual Raymond Gary Fish Fry,” said Stephen Wiese, BHG administrator. The event is open to the general public. “All are welcome and we would love to have you join us.”

Developing future beef advocates and leaders for the beef industry is the goal for the Collegiate Beef Advocacy Program. The program is managed by the National Cattlewomen, Inc. organization. The collegiate advocacy program matches the vision and purpose of the National Cattlewomen to ensure the advocates learn leadership skills and build knowledge of beef to carry forth in their careers for the beef industry. This program is designed for college students.

The program connects the collegiate advocates to the beef industry where they can have unlimited access to leadership, their peers on campus universities, cattlemen, cattlewomen and beef industry professionals. The three winners of the Collegiate Beef Advocacy Program selected for this year are Taylor Evans, Mobile, Ala.; Ashley Huntsberger, Smith, Nev.; and Will Shelby, Madill. The announcement of the winners took place at the Cattle Industry Convention in Phoenix, Ariz.

Basil William, Jr., and Elizabeth Savage, of Madill, and Kenny and Cindy Zachary, of Ringling, proudly announce the engagement of their children Basil William Savage III, of Madill, to Jenny-Lu Zachary, of Plano, Texas. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Barbara Zachary, of Ardmore, and the late Kenneth D. Zachary,

Sr.; and Louise Elliott, of Duncan, and the late William Elliott. She is a 2013 graduate of Ringling High School, and graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in communication science and disorders. She is currently employed with The Behavior Exchange, in Plano, Texas.

Three eighth-grade students from the Madill Middle School were recently inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. To be considered for the honor of membership, applicants must excel in five standards which include: leadership, citizenship, character, service, and scholarship. The MMS NJHS is under the direction of faculty advisor Sandee Westmoreland. Pictured are the eighth-grade inductees: Emily Buford, Ernesto Martinez-Valenciano, and Bethany Phillips.

The Kingston “Yard of the Month” Committee recently selected Bryan and Alisa Baxter’s yard as the March Yard of the Month. Each “Yard of the Month” is selected by the committee based on the yard alone – not the home. The winners were rewarded with cash and prizes for an accumulated total of $142 from the following businesses: Jack Attack BBQ (Jack and Shelly Jones), Lake Texoma and More Cookbook (Connie Maytubby), Leon’s Greenhouse (Leon Sloan), The Burger Shoppe (Preston Holder), Country Kitchen (Rick Bland), The Custom Life (Tanya Wilson), and Tycoon Motorsports, LLC (Jeff and Cheri Dailey). The Kingston “Yard of the Month” Committee includes: Kalynne Johnson, Connie Maytubby, Leon Sloan, Sherra Aguilar, and Tammy Chasse. The committee extends a big thank you to everyone involved in this endeavor.